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GABLE RAILWAY SWITCH. No. 398,200. Patented Peb N, PETERS. Phummhgnpher. wnsnmgxm D. c.

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FRFDRIC C. lYEIR- AND NATHANIEL O. GOLDSMITH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGN ORS TO THE YVEIR FROG OOMPr NY, OF SAME PLACE.

CABLEHRI LWY SWITCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 310.398,200, dated February 19, 1889.

Application filed May 24, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDRIC C. VEIR and NATHANIEL O. GoLDsMIrH, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and Sta-te of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cable-Railway Switches, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to what is known as a slotted tongue for cable railways. The

1o object of our invention is to make a cheap, strong, and reliable switch of tongue-rails in which the grip passes, and provide ready means for directing the grip from one side of the tongue to another, the features of which will be fully set forth in the description of the accompanying` drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of our improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. l with one ot' the slotted rails removed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on line ,r .'13, Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is an enlarged section on line y y, Fig.

l. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on line .2', Fig. l, Fig. i? is an enlarged section on line u u, Fig. 1.`

The switch proper is eonstrllcted of i'our tongue-rails, A A and B B. The center rails, A B, are united to forni a Vpoint in the following manner: The feet of the slot- 3o rails are cut oil on the line a l), and the web of the rails bent in the position shown in Fig. 5 and united by the rivets 1, passing through the webs of said rails, as shown in Fig. 5. This makes a firm union of the two points of the slot-rails, and they are further secured by the brace-plate 2, which is united by rivets 3 to the flanges 1 of said slot-rails, as shown in Figs. 5 and l.

5 represents a washer-plate, and a pivot connecting the same to journal-arm. 7, which is preferably made with two arms, 8, having an eye, 9, in which said pivot 6 journals. S represents the arms of said journal-plate 7, which are prolonged to Vform a strong' support for the tongue 10, which is preferably made of T-iron and secured to said arms by rivets 1l. By making the tongue of T-iron the top iianges cover the slotspace alternately as Serial No. 274,910. (No model.)

they are sprung from side to side. The web of the T-iron 12 strengthens the tongue ver 5o tically and prevents it. 'from being sprung or bent. In order to prevent the said rails A B from spreading at thebottom, we provide additional strengthening-plates 13, which are secured to the bottom flanges by means of rivets 14, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4.

15 represents a spring which is sometimes employed to hold the tongue normally upon one side, covering one of the slots-say slot 17. (Shown in Fig. l.)

16 represents a lug secured upon one side of the journal-plates 8, as shown in Fig. 3, the other end of the spring being riveted fast to the wing of the rails. This will hold the tongue 10 normally on one side. Then a 65 grip is approaching the point of the'switchtongue from the left in the slot 17, it will move the tongue 12, so as to allow it to pass through. As soon as the shank of the grip has passed the tongue 12, the spring 15 will 70 throw it back into position, keeping the opposite slot, 19, normally open.

The above device may be used either as a frog-point or as a switchjpoint. 'We have shown it adapted to be used as a switch fora cablegrip approaching 'from the side to the main line or switching from main line to another, which is sometimes done at the end oi' the route to change the direction oi' the cars.

Having described our invention, what we 8o claim isM l. A vIrog or switch point composed. of the rails A B, tted to each other, said rails being secured at the bottom by means of a braceplate, 13, and rivets 11, and also secured at S5 the top by means of a braeeplate, 2, and rivets 3, substantially as described.

1n combination with the slot-rails form= ing two slots, 17 and 18, the tongue 10 hinged to the bent rails by means of the plate 5, sub- 9o stantially as herein speciiied.

1n combination with the rails A B, secured together, the tongue 10, hinging-plate 5, 'and the spring 15, secured to the webs of the rails A B, and engaged with the lug 16 of 95 the tongue-rail, substantially as specified.

4. In Combination with the slot-rails A B, secured together, the tongue 10, made of T- iron, hinging-plate 5, and pivot 6, the journal-arm 7, having an eye, 9, which eneroles the pivot 6, and arms 8, which embrace the web of the tongue 10 and are united thereto, substantially as shown and described.

"[n testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

FREDRIC C. WEIR. NATHANIEL O, GOLDSMITI-I. YVitnesses:

E. E. Woon, J. WATSON SIMS. 

